Responsibility and accountability have long been critical issues in supervision and formation in ministry and are especially important today.  We are accountable both to those with whom and to whom we minister as well as the religious communities and institutions that certify our qualifications and work.  We are also accountable to unseen and even unknown communities not present in a supervisory relationship. The horizons of the postmodern and postcolonial worlds have made us aware that our assumptions about the communities we serve and the regulations that have guided practices must be explored with new eyes.  Supervision is a relational system that depends on mutual responsibility and accountability, including the capacity to assess the effectiveness of the supervisory process. What internalized criteria do I have against which to measure the effectiveness of what I do?  How well did I meet the needs of the supervisory situation and the people affected by it?  Do new assessment requirements clarify the patterns of accountability? How does authority relate to accountability and responsibility?  What are the impediments to developing patterns of enduring responsibility and accountability in formation and supervision?  What is the relationship between trust and accountability? These are only a few of the questions we hope will shape this issue.